Exsilium - IC Contact

[bodilesswarrior]

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This is Barbara. Leave a message and I'll get back to you.

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Oracle speaking.

Comments

[voice, line 1]

[bodilesswarrior]

[She's heard that tone before, and there's a note of warm amusement in her voice, despite how low she's feeling.]

Sounds nice. Haven't been to San Francisco in ages.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

I'll put in a request, then. We'll pick up food supplies before we come back or something.

[bodilesswarrior]

Sounds like a plan. [She's not one for vacations, really, but she's so tired right now. Tired and bitter and doubting herself, and that kind of thing can get people killed.]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

I'll let you know when I have confirmation. [He feels a little guilty using the transporter for anything resembling leisure but he is so close to throwing someone out an airlock in frustration]

[bodilesswarrior]

[She can hear the guilt, perhaps because she feels it so keenly herself.]

Let's think of it as preserving the general population from our bad moods.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

You have no idea how tempting it is to just put all the shouters to sleep for the next week. So tempting.

[bodilesswarrior]

I feel like I should argue with that, and yet.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

I know. Roslyn would have our heads, though. Kind of counter-productive to trying to do things by the book.

[bodilesswarrior]

[Wry and rueful.] A bit.

I'm good at this, usually. Diplomacy, politics, justice. But I just - [A low huff.] None of the same rules apply, do they? [And she could talk about Helena, about how she feels, but no.]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

It's... not always my strongest point. Mostly because it's too easy for politics and diplomacy to devolve into pointless bickering.

[bodilesswarrior]

[A faint snort.] Oh, I know that too well.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

I'd just rather be getting things done.